MSCV6-Ent installer problem, "setup.exe" dies.

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Mark Williams - 20 Jan 2004 07:35 GMT

Greetings,

When trying to install from the original MSVC6-Ent
CD1, "setup.exe" dies before showing any dialogs with the
generic error "setup has encountered a problem and needs
to close....".

Looking at the details, it seems "vs60wiz.exe" is dieing
at offset 00008871.

Ive tried copying the contants of the CD onto the HDD, but
this doesnt help.

Im trying to install onto a new install (2 days old) of
WinXP Pro SP1.

Anyone know how i can get around this?

Thanks.

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Tim Macaulay[MSFT] - 20 Jan 2004 23:59 GMT

Hi

I have seen this before, and this can be caused by a busted 16-bit
subsystem. Check out the below Microsoft Knowledge Base article to help
resolve the issue.

250343 PRB: "Invalid Command" or "Installation Wizard" Errors During Setup
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=250343

HTH.

Cheers,
Tim Macaulay, MCSD
Microsoft Visual Studio Setup & Deployment

This posting is "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

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Mark Williams - 22 Jan 2004 06:15 GMT

Hello,
Thanks for the sugestion, but it doesnt work.

Using those command line options given in the article,
after setup does "searching for installed components" it
gives the error message "you must first run the
installation wizzard before running this setup".

Any ideas?

Thanks.

>I have seen this before, and this can be caused by a busted 16-bit
>subsystem. Check out the below Microsoft Knowledge Base article to help
>resolve the issue.
>
>250343 PRB: "Invalid Command" or "Installation Wizard" Errors During Setup
>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=250343

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- 31 Jan 2004 21:44 GMT

hi,
try following

1. if your hdd or a partition is vfat32, the installation should work properly
2. if your hdd is ntfs, take the following steps
2.1. copy the root files from your installation cd to c:\windows\temp
2.2. copy the setup folder to c:\windows\temp -> c:\windows\temp\setup

2.3. open vspro98.inf in c:\windows\temp\setup
in section [common setup]
"acmsetup_exe"=
1,Setup\acmsetup.exe,,,,1998-04-24,,1031,OLDER,,,!ROOT,,,387072,SYSTEM,,,3.1.8043,
replace !ROOT with SYSTEM
and save the file
2.4. start setup in c:\windows\temp

after changing this little word, the installation works.

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